{"id":773,"date":"2024-09-24T21:54:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T21:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta7.technodreamcenter.com\/parkswatch.org\/?page_id=773"},"modified":"2025-02-25T23:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:47:50","slug":"pw-bolivia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beta10.technodreamcenter.com\/parkswatch.org\/pw-bolivia\/","title":{"rendered":"PW-Bolivia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"773\" class=\"elementor elementor-773\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8230ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8230ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dfe1dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"5dfe1dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/beta10.technodreamcenter.com\/parkswatch.org\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPW-Bolivia  \n\t\t\t<\/h1 > \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b6d87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29b6d87\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f0e7c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f0e7c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The ParksWatch-Bolivia program was launched in 2003 by a team of volunteers led by St\u00e9phane Pauquet, currently regional coordinator of ParksWatch.<\/p><p>This first mission focused its work on the seven protected areas of the Madidi-Ambor\u00f3 Biological Corridor \u2013 part of the larger Vilcabamba-Ambor\u00f3 Binational Conservation Corridor, which encompasses more than 298,000 km2 of southwestern Amazonian moist forest and montane ecosystems. This ParksWatch \u201cRapid Assessment\u201d led to the production of seven park profiles and ParksWatch\u2019s first series of management capacity assessments, which have since been added to our standard methodology.<\/p><p>In early 2007, ParksWatch-Bolivia acquired an institutional basis within Fundaci\u00f3n Natura Bolivia (FNB), a Santa Cruz-based conservation NGO specializing in alternative approaches to nature conservation such as Payments-for-Environmental-Services (PES) schemes. FNB is currently working to protect fragile montane Podocarpus forests in several communities of Ambor\u00f3 National Park&#8217;s buffer zone. In parallel to this effort, FNB participated in the research effort that lead to the creation of Rio Grande departmental park in Santa Cruz.<\/p><p>For the 2006-2010 period, ParksWatch-Bolivia\u2019s main objectives are to:<\/p><p>a) evaluate and document the condition of all the country\u2019s nationally protected areas (22 in total, covering more than 15 million hectares), and create an online database on these parks in collaboration with the national park administration (SERNAP);<\/p><p>b) support the SERNAP in the implementation of its monitoring system, both at the park level and within the central administration;<\/p><p>c) provide technical training to park staff and managers through the organization of workshops and short courses tailored to each park\u2019s specific needs;<\/p><p>d) carry out systematic management capacity assessments and provide real-time information to donor agencies;<\/p><p>e) organize campaigns in the media in order to raise awareness about the fate of the country\u2019s protected areas and contribute to developing broader political support.<\/p><p>ParksWatch-Bolivia is coordinated by Nigel Asquith.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b482cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b482cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54ab279 e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"54ab279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"88781433\" aria-label=\"Tabs. Open items with Enter or Space, close with Escape and navigate using the Arrow keys.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-heading\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-887814331\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab-index=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-887814331\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-tree\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M378.31 378.49L298.42 288h30.63c9.01 0 16.98-5 20.78-13.06 3.8-8.04 2.55-17.26-3.28-24.05L268.42 160h28.89c9.1 0 17.3-5.35 20.86-13.61 3.52-8.13 1.86-17.59-4.24-24.08L203.66 4.83c-6.03-6.45-17.28-6.45-23.32 0L70.06 122.31c-6.1 6.49-7.75 15.95-4.24 24.08C69.38 154.65 77.59 160 86.69 160h28.89l-78.14 90.91c-5.81 6.78-7.06 15.99-3.27 24.04C37.97 283 45.93 288 54.95 288h30.63L5.69 378.49c-6 6.79-7.36 16.09-3.56 24.26 3.75 8.05 12 13.25 21.01 13.25H160v24.45l-30.29 48.4c-5.32 10.64 2.42 23.16 14.31 23.16h95.96c11.89 0 19.63-12.52 14.31-23.16L224 440.45V416h136.86c9.01 0 17.26-5.2 21.01-13.25 3.8-8.17 2.44-17.47-3.56-24.26z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-tree\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M378.31 378.49L298.42 288h30.63c9.01 0 16.98-5 20.78-13.06 3.8-8.04 2.55-17.26-3.28-24.05L268.42 160h28.89c9.1 0 17.3-5.35 20.86-13.61 3.52-8.13 1.86-17.59-4.24-24.08L203.66 4.83c-6.03-6.45-17.28-6.45-23.32 0L70.06 122.31c-6.1 6.49-7.75 15.95-4.24 24.08C69.38 154.65 77.59 160 86.69 160h28.89l-78.14 90.91c-5.81 6.78-7.06 15.99-3.27 24.04C37.97 283 45.93 288 54.95 288h30.63L5.69 378.49c-6 6.79-7.36 16.09-3.56 24.26 3.75 8.05 12 13.25 21.01 13.25H160v24.45l-30.29 48.4c-5.32 10.64 2.42 23.16 14.31 23.16h95.96c11.89 0 19.63-12.52 14.31-23.16L224 440.45V416h136.86c9.01 0 17.26-5.2 21.01-13.25 3.8-8.17 2.44-17.47-3.56-24.26z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tNational Context\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-887814332\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-887814332\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-file\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224 136V0H24C10.7 0 0 10.7 0 24v464c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24h336c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V160H248c-13.2 0-24-10.8-24-24zm160-14.1v6.1H256V0h6.1c6.4 0 12.5 2.5 17 7l97.9 98c4.5 4.5 7 10.6 7 16.9z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-file\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224 136V0H24C10.7 0 0 10.7 0 24v464c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24h336c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V160H248c-13.2 0-24-10.8-24-24zm160-14.1v6.1H256V0h6.1c6.4 0 12.5 2.5 17 7l97.9 98c4.5 4.5 7 10.6 7 16.9z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tPark Profiles\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-887814331\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-887814331\" data-tab-index=\"1\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\" class=\"e-active elementor-element elementor-element-8e6c1fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e6c1fc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e612a27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e612a27\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f8be6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f8be6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Geography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-949ecaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"949ecaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bolivia is a landlocked country located in the center of the South American continent. It shares borders with Brazil to the north, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the south and Chile and Peru to the west.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The southeastern part of the country is dominated by the Andes mountain range, which splits into two major cordilleras separated by a broad high plain known as the Altiplano (3,600 m of average altitude and 840 km long). Reaching its highest point with the Sajama volcano (at 6,542 m the country&#8217;s highest peak), the Cordillera Occidental forms the border with Chile. Of comparable height, the Cordillera Oriental runs in a northwest-southeast direction towards the Amazonian lowlands. In a narrow gap the so-called mesothermic interandean valleys occupy the eastern slopes of the Andes that constitute the departments of Cochabamba, Sucre, and Tarija.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The eastern lowlands occupy no less two thirds of the national territory, gently descending from 450 to 200 m at the borders with Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. The northern lowlands of the Beni department are drained by the Beni and Mamor\u00e9 rivers, important tributaries of the massive Amazon basin. Bolivia ca therefore be divided into three geographical regions:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The highlands, which occupy 28% of the national territory and is characterized by a mountainous relief. In spite of its cold and relatively hostile climate, it&#8217;s the most populated part of the country.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The inter-Andean valleys (mid-montane, 13% of the national territory), composed of warm and well-watered valleys like the Valle de Cochabamba. The climate is hot to temperate, with constant temperatures (approx. 20\u00b0 C) throughout the year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The lowlands, which represent by far the largest share of the territory (56%). This region, which partly overlaps with the Amazon basin, is crisscrossed by numerous and powerful rivers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the Altiplano the rainfall varies from 700 mm\/year on the shores of Lake Titicaca, which is so large and deep that it has a buffering effect on the climate of the northern Altiplano, to less than 125 mm in the southern part of the plain. The climate of the inter-Andean region is subtropical, characterized by high and regular rainfall (over 1,250 mm). In the eastern lowlands the climate is essentially tropical, with a dry and wet season and diminishing rainfall from north to south.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f938ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f938ba\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94947c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"94947c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/beta10.technodreamcenter.com\/parkswatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bolivia-national-context-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1181\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beta10.technodreamcenter.com\/parkswatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bolivia-national-context-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/beta10.technodreamcenter.com\/parkswatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bolivia-national-context-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/beta10.technodreamcenter.com\/parkswatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bolivia-national-context-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beta10.technodreamcenter.com\/parkswatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bolivia-national-context-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beta10.technodreamcenter.com\/parkswatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bolivia-national-context-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/beta10.technodreamcenter.com\/parkswatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bolivia-national-context-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75658b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"75658b5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c02d3e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"c02d3e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2010\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2010\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> National Context <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2010\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a02bc22 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a02bc22\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43d5304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43d5304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental protection and nature conservation are relatively new notions in Bolivia, where the importance and benefits of conserving natural resources have long been overlooked, party due to a lack of basic information. It is therefore understandable that the concept of protected areas still attracts so little political support, although there are signs of a growing concern of Bolivian citizens for the adoption of wiser practices in the use and management of forests and other natural habitats.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to a long-term occupancy and a high population density (60% of the national population), the western part of the country, corresponding to the Altiplano and the inter-Andean valleys, is the most degraded region in terms of soils and plant cover. Its lowered fertility and rampant poverty problems make it predominantly expulsatory, landless peasants fleeing constantly to the lowlands.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The eastern lowlands, recipient of the majority of migrants, comprise 440,000 km2 of dense forests (two-thirds of the region&#8217;s total area) and a population of approx. 3,500,000 de habitantes, composed of indigenous people, colonists and entrepreneurs dedicated to agro-industrial activities, livestock grazing, and forestry. Mainly due to the \u201csoya boom\u201d, the annual rate of deforestation in this region reaches 160,000 has.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This situation, compounded by the chronic weakness of the successive institutions responsible for the country&#8217;s protected areas, motivated in the past two decades the arrival and creation of a variety of conservation organizations involved in the consolidation and management of the different elements of the National System of Protected Areas (SNAP). In early 1998 these efforts were reinforced by the creation of the Servicio Nacional de Areas Protegidas (SERNAP), the first independent governmental agency in charge of the SNAP as a whole, with an autonomous budget rapidly complemented by a substantial grant from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the country&#8217;s delicate and unstable situation, determined by an ongoing economic crisis, an incipient industrial development, difficulties to attract foreign capitals and a complex and highly competitive international context, represent a permanent danger for the achievements made so far, considering moreover that the interest of the mining and oil industries, fundamental pillars of the national economy, overlap with numerous protected areas.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2011\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2011\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> National System of Protected Areas <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2011\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae72549 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ae72549\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad053a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad053a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the creation of the first protected area in 1939 (Sajama National Park), Bolivia&#8217;s National System of Protected Areas (SNAP) is one of the youngest of Latin America. Established in 1992 through the Law of the Environment, its fundamental objectives are the conservation of representative samples of the country&#8217;s major ecosystems and it is administered by the Servicio Nacional de \u00c1reas Protegidas (SERNAP), under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Planning (MDSP). The SERNAP is responsible for defining and enforcing the laws and regulations pertaining to the management of the country&#8217;s genetic and biological resources, as well as to administer and implement the Convention of Biological Diversity signed by Bolivia at the Rio Conference (1992) and ratified in 1994.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although generally supportive of the creation of protected areas, the Bolivian government does not support them financially. As a matter of fact, the management of the SNAP relies almost entirely on international funding (GEF, Government of Holland, KfW, IADB, etc.) and on the manpower and additional resources provided by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) (Conservation International, WCS, GTZ, TNC, CARE, WWF, FAN, Tr\u00f3pico, etc).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At present the SNAP is composed of twenty nationally recognized protected areas, covering approximately 16,8 million hectares (15,3% of the national territory) and divided into National Parks, National Reserves, Biosphere Reserves (a category still not recognized by the national legislation), Wildlife Reserves and Integrated Management Natural Areas (equivalent to Multiple-Use Zones). In parallel to the SNAP, there is a growing contingent of protected areas of lesser hierarchy, such as Forest Reserves, Watershed Protection Areas, and Departmental, Regional, and Municipal Parks and Reserves. Another important zoning category is the Reserva Natural de Inmovilizaci\u00f3n, which corresponds to a temporary ordinance until a final status is defined based on the area&#8217;s values and characteristics.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each national or departmental protected area must form a Management Committee inviting spokesmen of the various cultural groups inhabiting its territory or surrounding area to participate in the decision-making process.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the creation of the Bolivian SNAP, significant achievements have been made in the following areas: (i) planning; (ii) design and implementation of a monitoring and evaluation system; (iii) establishment of operational protection teams; (iv) development of a training program for both park rangers and administrative staff; (v) adoption of a set of policies for the public use of protected areas, and; (vi) participation of local stakeholder groups in park decision-making.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, there are still several important factors limiting the SNAP&#8217;s consolidation and sustainability, among which: (i) a lack of coordination between the different conservation NGOs and the SERNAP; (ii) an incomplete legislation (lack of an actual Law of Protected Areas); (iii) a lack of political support; (iv) an insufficient knowledge of the species and biological resources contained within the protected areas, and; (v) a severe lack of financial sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2012\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2012\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Table of 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